lucre
英 ['lu?k?]
美['luk?]
- n. 收益；錢(qián)財(cái)；利潤(rùn)
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
“l(fā)ucre”音似“盧克”——盧布和馬克——都是“錢(qián)”
中文詞源
lucre 錢(qián)財(cái)
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)lucrum,財(cái)富，收益，常用于貶義指不義之財(cái)?？赡軄?lái)自PIE*rei,撕，搶?zhuān)~源同rob,rip.比較loot.
英文詞源
- lucre (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin lucrum "gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches," from PIE root *lau- "gain, profit" (cognates: Greek apo-lanein "to enjoy," Gothic launs, German lohn "wages, reward," and possibly Sanskrit lotam, lotram "booty"). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is Tyndale's rendering of Greek aischron kerdos.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. the lure of filthy lucre
- 不義之財(cái)?shù)恼T惑
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. She married a foreigner for mere lucre.
- 她僅僅為錢(qián)財(cái)而嫁給了一個(gè)外國(guó)人.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Perhaps because Mumbai stands for lucre, profane dreams and an indiscriminate openness.
- 也許是因?yàn)槊腺I(mǎi)主張財(cái)富 、 世俗的夢(mèng)想和對(duì)外一視同仁的開(kāi)放.
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- 4. I'm going to write a book for the lucre of gain.
- 我打算寫(xiě)本書(shū)賺點(diǎn)錢(qián).
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- 5. You cannot bribe me; I do not want you filthy lucre.
- 你別向我行賄, 我不要你的臭錢(qián).
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